Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 899 · 40 questions

How to say it (One beat for each vowel sound): Say the word slowly and clap once for each beat: el – e – phant = 3. Count vowel SOUNDS, not vowel letters: “school” has one sound (oo) = 1 beat. Do not add beats: film = 1, school = 1, asked = 1.

1. 1.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
2. 2.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) square (b) cricket (c) university
3. 3.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) dinosaur (b) shirt (c) cricket
4. 4.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) help (b) helicopter (c) happy
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
7. 7.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) water (b) curiosity (c) friend
8. 8.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) university (b) jumped (c) biology
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
10. 10.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) happy (b) earth (c) important
11. 11.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) holiday (b) alligator (c) electricity
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “help”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
13. 13.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) helicopter (b) people (c) animal
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
15. 15.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) electricity (b) biology (c) rabbit
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
21. 21.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) teacher (b) shirt (c) tomato
22. 22.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) invitation (b) international (c) garden
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
24. 24.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) jumped (b) opportunity (c) little
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “umbrella”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
29. 29.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) electricity (b) yellow (c) stretch
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “hippopotamus”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “shirt”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “helicopter”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “school”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
39. 39.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) hospital (b) people (c) asked
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2

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